Proto-Inupik: *nụkạ- (-tpi(ʁ)a-, -ʁa-)
Meaning: younger sibling of same sex 1, boy, young unmarried man 2
Russian meaning: младший брат, сестра (для брата и сестры соответственно) 1, мальчик, юноша 2
Seward Peninsula Inupik: nuɣaq (nuɣaqɫiq superl.) 1, nuɣatpiaq 2
SPI Dialects: Imaq nuɣátpeq* 2, W nuɣ(w)aq* (āk, ēt) 1
North Alaskan Inupik: nuka(q) (nukaqɫiq (ʁ) superl.) 1, nukatpiaq 2
NAI Dialects: B nukaq*, Ingl nukak* 1, Nu nukaʁaq 'second wife'
Western Canadian Inupik: nukaq (nukaqɫiq superl.) 1, nukatpiʁaq 2
WCI Dialects: Cor, M nukaq* 1
Eastern Canadian Inupik: nukaq (nukaʁsiq superl.) 1, nukappiaq 2
Greenlandic Inupik: nuka(q), nukaq*, (nukaʁɫiq (ʁ) superl.) 1, nukappiaq 'young unmarried man', nukappiʁaq 'boy'
Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 237
